Combined planter and fertilizer-distributer.



No. 790,756. PATENTED MAY 23, 1905. J. A. SEGHRBST & H. C. EDWARDS.COMBINED PLANTEB. AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14. 1905f 3 SHEETSSHEET 2,

wihwaom No. 790,756 PATENTED MAY 23, 1905. J. A. SBGHREST & H. G.EDWARDS. COMBINED PLANTBR AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER APPLICATION FILEDJAN.14. 1905.

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Q/Vitvwowa aliboznmgw Patented May 23, 1905.

ArnNr JOHN A. SEOI-IREST AND HENRY (J. EDWVARDS, OF KERNERSVILLE, NORTHCAROLINA.

COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,756, dated. May 23,1905.

Application filed January 14, 1905. Serial No. 241,051.

To (all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN A. Sncnnns'r and HENRY C. EDWARDS, citizensof the United States, residing at Kernersville, in the county of Forsythand State of North Carolina, have invented. certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Planter and Fertilizer- Distributer; and wedo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to combined planters and fertilizer-distributers;and it consists of 5 certain novel features of construction andcombination of parts, the preferred form whereof will be hereinafterclearly set forth, and pointed out in the claim, the main object of ourinto the furrow simultaneously with the grain any desired quantity ofcommercial fertilizer 5 and also any preferred quantity of barn-yardmanure or the like without necessitating any special care in preparingthe manure for vthe action of our machine. A further object of ourinvention is to pro- 3 vide a machine of great simplicity and the partsof which may be very cheaply and expeditiously manufactured and eachreadily assembled in its respective operative position.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are considered apart of this application, and in which Figure 1 shows a bottom plan viewof our 4 invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of our invention. Fig. 4 is a sectionalview as taken on line 4: 4 of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 showsa sectional view as taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.Fig. 6 is a sectional view as taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1 on an enlargedscale. Fig. 7 isadetail perspective view of the shovels orcoveringblades, showing means of adjusting the same relatively to eachother; and Fig. 8 is a sec- 5 tional view taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 3 onan enlarged scale.

In referring to the various details of our invention and accessoriesdesigned to cooperate therewith numerals will be employed, the samenumeral applying to a similar part throughout the several views, and,referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 designates thecarrying-wheels, of the usual or any preferred construction, which aremounted upon the supporting-axle 2 in any suitable manner and caused torotate therewith by a suitable pin or key 3. Upon the supporting-axlethus or otherwise constructed we mount the side rails 4 of the frameconnected together at their 5 forward ends 'by the bar 5 or equivalentthereof, to which we attach the shafts 6 or tongue, if the latter shouldbe employed, whereby the draft-animals may be secured to the machine.

Upon the framework we mount the plat- 7 form 7, and upon said platformwe secure the main hopper-section 8, designed to hold the manure inposition to be discharged through the opening 9 into the conveyer tubeor'chute 10, and we also mount, preferably to the rear of the mainhopper 8, the auxiliary hoppers 11 and 12 for commercial fertilizer andgrain,

respectively. The grain-hopper is secured to the platform in a reliableway and is provided with the stationary bottom 13, with a rotatingfeed-plate 14, which latter is providedwith a plurality of apertures 15near its periphery, designed to be brought successively intoregistration with the aperture 16 in the plate 13, said aperture 16communicating di- 5 rectly with the conveyer tube or chute 10, and inlike manner we mount the auxiliary hopper 12 for commercial fertilizer,which is provided with a stationary bottom 17, said stationary bottomhaving a tapered opening 9 or recess 18. Designed to rotate withinsuitable bearings provided in the stationary bottom 17 and in acontiguous part of the platform or framework is the shaft 19, havingupon its upper end a plurality of arms or fingers 20 and on its lowerend the gear 21. We also mount in suitable bearings carried by theplatform the shaft 22, having upon its upper end the plate 14, rigidlysecured thereto, whereby said plate will be rotated over the stationarybottom 13, the said shaft 22 having upon its lower end thecontrollinggear 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The gear 23 is disposed in mesh with the gear 24, located upon thesquare shaft 25, which latteris provided with journals at each end,disposed in the bearings 26, carried by the framework, while the gear 21is disposed in mesh with the gear 27, also located upon said shaft 25,and the gears 24 and 27 are held normally in mesh with their respectivegears by compression-spring 28, disposed around the shaft 25, a suitableset-screw 29 being entered in the shaft to hold said spring I inposition and divide its force between the 1 gears 24 and 27, it beingunderstood that each of said gears is provided with a tubular extensionor neck 30 and with a grooved collar 31 in order that said gears may beplaced un- WVe have der the control of the operator. also providedcontrolling-levers 32 and 33,

one for each of the gears 24 and 27, said le- 1 vers being pivotal lysecured in position, respectively, by the set screws or bolts 34 and3-5, and each lever respectively having a finger or extension '36 and 37for engagement with the grooved collar 31, and it is therefore obviousthat either or both gears may be quickly thrown into or out of mesh withits respective gear 21 and 23, as the case may be. I

We provide upon the rear edge of the framework a ratchet-plate for eachof the levers 32 I and 33 or a suitable stop-pin for holding the gearsin a retracted position, as will be readily obvious. The mainhopper-section 8 is in like manner provided with a plurality of swingingarms 38, secured to the upper end of the controlling-shaft 39, whichlatter is mounted in suitable bearings and provided at its lower endwith a controlling-gear 40, the latter being normally in mesh with thegear 41, located upon the carrying-axle 2, said gear 41 having thetubular extension 42 fitting around the axle and also a grooved collar43 to be engaged by the controlling-fingers 44, connected to the lever45,:which latter is pivotally mounted, as indicated by the numeral 46,upon the under side of the platform, the rear end of the lever beingprovided with a suitable handle 47, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. In likemanner wehave provided a ratchet-plate 48 for cooperation with the endof the lever 45, whereby it may be held in any desired adjustment. Byreference to Figs. 1 and 7 it will also be observed that we haveprovided the plow beams or bars 49, each having a shovel 50 at its rearend, said shovels being properly spaced and held in an adjusted positionby means of the overlapping bars 51 and 52, the bar 51 being providedwith a slot 53, while the bar 52 has a threaded seat to receive theset-screw 54, and

it is therefore obvious that the overlapping bars may be readily securedat any desired point relative to each other, thereby holding the shovels50 a suitable distance apart or to properly perform the work of coveringthe seed and also the fertilizer discharged through the conveyer-ehute10.

Upon the shaft or axle 2 we secure the driving sprocket-wheel 55, placedin communica tion with the sprocket-wheel 56, secured upon the shaft 25,through the mediation of the sprocket chain or belting 57, as clearlyshown in the bottom plan view, Fig. 1.

The gear 41 is secured to the shaft 2 and caused to rotate therewith bymeans of the setscrew 58 reaching into the groove 59, formed in theaxle, thereby enabling the controlling members 44, through the mediationof the lever 45, to readily reciprocate the gear 41 upon said shaft, thecompression-spring 60 being provided, as shown in Fig. 5, to normall yhold thegear 41 in mesh with the gear 40.

The fingers or arms 38 act upon the manure contained in the hopper 8 andcause the same to be delivered in required quantities downward throughthe openings 9'and thence upon the ground through the conveyer chute ortubelO, which latter is preferably provided with a slide or closingmember 61, whereby the size of the opening may be easily controlled.

The shovel members 50 are connected in any suitable manner, as by thebolts 62, to the shank or standard 63, which latter is received betweenthe members 64 and 65 of thebifurcated ends of the beams or bars 49,whereby a breakable wooden pin 66 may be employed, as is common withconnections of this kind.

We prefer to taper the discharging-recess 18 in the bottom of the hopper12, whereby said recess will not be so liable to become clogged throughthe action of the arms 20, as will be readily apparent.

Within the grain-hopper 11 We dispose the brush 67, the latter beingheld in the brackets 68 and 69 or the equivalent thereof, thus insuringthat any foreign substance will be forced through the openings 15 andnot clog any of the same.

Our combined planter and fertilizer-dis:

tributer will therefore be found especially efficient and useful as asingle-row manure-distributer, a machine that will operate efficientlywith the coarsest barn-yard manure and dispose the same in a single rowand in any desired quantity. We therefore lay special stress upon theimportance and value of our single-row manure-distributer, though thegrain-hopper and the hopper for commercial fertilizer may also beprovided, if deemed desirable, and believing that the construction,advantages, and manner of using our invention have been made clearlyapparent further reference to the details is dispensed with.

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chute and additional means located in the I5 other auxiliary hopperdesigned to deliver commercial fertilizer therefrom into saidconveyer-chute all combined substantially as specified and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof We have signed our 20 names to this specificationin the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN A. SECHREST. HENRY C. EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

F. M. EDWARDS, A. S. DAVIS.

